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or a whole week in June, it felt like I had left my RI President's Message 4
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home in Wombourne and moved into slightly News from the top
larger premises, the National Exhibition Centre The Magic of Rotary 6
in Birmingham. Many long hours were spent at RIBI President David's update
the 100th Convention, but when you see the vast amount RI Director's Message 8
of media coverage we got for this outstanding event, it was News from the Secretariat 9
worth every minute of it. Around the Districts 28
Of course we have to thank the world class speakers who Letters 30
came to the Convention for getting Rotary so much media Have your say
attention. Bishop Desmond Tutu got the ball rolling when Who are you?… 58
he addressed The Rotary World Peace Symposium. This
charismatic man filled the room for his Press Conference Features
and that included press, TV and radio. On the opening
morning of the Convention, we had another world class Scot's Honour 10
speaker in Ban Ki–moon, the Secretary General of the Looking for a great return on an investment 14
Views expressed by
United Nations. These two men are big players on the world 100th Convention Takes Rotary World by Storm 19
contributors are not
necessarily those of the stage and that was reflected by the attention they drew at RI Convention Report
editors or RIBI. Every
the NEC. Thanks for Life 24
effort is made to ensure
that the magazine’s Not to be outdone, the ladies then brought their In the frame with Rotary 25
contents are accurate.
talents to the Convention, led by actress and UNICEF R5 Group 26
Information is published
in good faith but no Ambassador, Mia Farrow. Two other speakers, Jane Goodall, Membership/RI Institute 27
liability can be accepted
the Conservationist, and Deepa Willingham, the Founder of Leonard Cheshire DisAbility 32
for loss or inconvenience
arising from error or PACE (Promise of Assurance to Children Everywhere), also Ab Fab news for ShelterBox 33
omission. Advertisements
attracted much welcome media attention. Add to this the 2008 Aquabox Report 34
are accepted at face
value and no liability name of Katherine Jenkins and you can see why my friends Let's Talk Bournemouth 35
can be accepted for the
in the media thought that Christmas had come early. The RNIB at the House of Lords 36
actions of advertisers.
The editors welcome full–five page report on the Convention starts on page 19. Rotary Young Chef 37
contributions of articles,
The new Rotary Year is already a month under way so Young speakers offer words of wisdom 38
news items, photographs
and letters but are under can I thank all those Rotarians who supplied copy and Health, Hunger and Humanity in Brazil 39
no obligation to publish
pictures to ‘Rotary Today’ in the past twelve months. I look Bill Huntley Memorial Peace Seminar 40
unsolicited material.
The editors reserve the forward to working with you all again in the coming year, One small step to a sustainable world 41
right to edit for clarity
and with your help, we can keep ‘Rotary Today’ as a flagship, Inner Wheel 42
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